"All i'm saying, is that you should really watch yourself these next few days! Who knows what side-effects could come up? You could start puffing up like a balloon or get some pony disease!" Tristan has been talking about the warning Nurse Redheart gave right before they left. The whole walk to Christian's house was the same stupid rant.
"I know Tristan, but relax. I'm fine! Really!" Chris said as he fumbled through his pockets for his keys. "Darn things! Ahh! Here we go!" He exclaims as he unlocks his front door. suddenly from the top of his stairs, a perky husky runs down to greet the two of them.
"Awww! Hello Apollo! Who's a good boy?" Tristan starts rubbing and petting the dog. Christian walks into his kitchen and spots a note.
"Christian, please feed the dog. I will be home by 8 with the girls. Thanks! - Mom XOXO" Jeez, she has to put those stupid X's and O's at the end of everything." He goes to the hall. "APOLLO! FOOD!" Apollo's little head quickly looks up and runs from Tristan. He laughs.
"Dogs: The only thing ever on their mind is food!" Apollo sits down in front of his bowl, painting and drooling as usual. Christian brings over his bowl, full of chicken and dry food; the usual.
"Are you hungry, buddy?" Christian said to the pleading puppy.
"Yes! Gimme food!"
"Alright here you..." Christian looked down at his dog really quick. Apollo had the same goofy smile on his face.
"What's wrong Christian?" Tristan asked. Christian was still frozen in confusion. Christian stared at his dog with sheer confusion for a few more seconds until he snapped out of it. He scratched his head.
"Heh, maybe the elements are making me hear things! I could have sworn I heard Apollo talk!"
"Can I have food now?" Apollo asked.
"Yea sure Apollo you can GAH!" He backed up a bit. "Did you just..."
"Wait, you can understand me?" Christian dropped the bowl as he was startled at the response.
"Did you hear that Tristan?! APOLLO TALKED!" Tristan looked at him concerned and scared.
"Christian, maybe you took a bigger hit to the head then we thought. Apollo has been barking, not talking."
Christian starts taking a few deep breaths. "Yea, you know what, it must be the portal, the movement from planet to planet must be messing with my head. I'm going to step out for some air." Christian proceeds to go out his back door, leaving Apollo eating his food off of the floor. Christian lounged in a chair outside. It may be six, but it still looked nice out. The sun was starting to set and he could hear the sounds of the dying summer. Lawnmowers, music, some birds...
"So, how are the chicks?"
"They're doing fantastic! Robin just learned how to fly the other day!" Christian peers around. He knew someone was there, but the only things that were there were two blue jays flying over head.
"Hello? Anyone there?" He kept looking around for the voice.
The blue jays flew down to Christian. "Hello! How are you this evening?" They greeted.
Christian was left with a blank expression, dumbfounded by the communication going on. "Uhhh..." was all he could get out.
"Excuse me!"
Christian turned to see a squirrel at his feet.
"Do you have any acorns?" It asked.
"Umm, no?" Christian then realized that this wasn't just his mind. He could actually hear these animals...talking to him! "Do you guys know what i'm saying too?"
The birds look at the squirrel. Has he been spacing out for the past few seconds? "Yes, we can clearly understand you."
Christian blinked. "I've gotta go!" He rushed back into his house and swung open the door. Tristan was napping on the couch and Apollo was chewing on his ball next to him. "Tristan, let's go!"
"AHHH!" Tristan flipped off the couch. "Wha?"
"We're going back to Equestria, NOW!" Chris took out his car keys. "LET'S GO!" He dashed out the door. Leaving Tristan in a perplexed manner.
"You know, we could've just gone through the portable portal!" Tristan yelled as the door slammed behind him. Tristan shrugged. "Whatever, i'll meet him there. Apollo, be good!" Apollo barked as a response. Tristan took out the portable portal and walked through. The lights and low sounds soon dissipated through the house. Apollo took no interest and went back to chewing his ball.
A few minutes later, Celestia was filling out some paperwork at her throne, when she heard some knocking at the door. She looks up and shrugs. "Door's open!" She yells as she goes back to work. The knocking turns into a banging and gets progressively louder. Celestia looks up yet again. "What the?"
The door flies open as two figures stand in the doorway. "CELESTIA! WE NEED TO TALK!" Celestia quickly rose from her seat and set down her work.
"Christian, what's wrong? Are you experiencing any side-effects?"
"If by "side-effects" you mean I CAN NOW TALK TO BUCKING ANIMALS NOW! THEN YES! I HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME WEIRD SIDE-EFFECTS! WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!?" His voice booms throughout the land. Every pony in Ponyville and Canterlot turn toward the castle in distress. A sleeping blue unicorn from outside of town wakes up from a rather soothing nap.
"Wha was that, Paradox?" Trixie asks lazily.
"Sounds like Luna stubbed her hoof again. Dumb princess was a lot less clumsy as Nightmare."
Back at the castle, Celestia was trying to regain herself from Christian's meltdown. Vague was trying to regain his hearing, as he had become suddenly deaf. Luna rushed down the stairs to see what that explosion was.
"What in Equestria was that!? It was louder than...me!" Celestia pointed toward the now calm human. Christian blushed in embarrassment. He had a sensitive temper.
"Uhh, sorry...about...that. I'm normally not THAT mad. It's just that, this is just... bizarre."
"More bizarre than becoming an FBI agent or ambassador of a planet full of ponies?" Luna asked.
"...Good point."
"WHAT?!" Vague yells, still trying to recover his hearing.
"Well, at least it's a cool side-effect. Plus, I can know rub it in The Six's faces and watching my dog will be WAY easier!" Christian was almost actually becoming happy that he almost died today! Those ponies inadvertently did him a favor! Luna shakes her head in disagreement and laughter.
"Now Christian, How do we know you actually can...communicate with animals?" She asks, calling his bluff. Chris eyes her narrowly. Him? lying? About some awesome skill? No way!
"Alright, i'll prove it. Celestia, you have a pet phoenix right? What's her name, uhh Philosophy? Philographer?...
"Philomena" Celestia says.
"Yea that's it!" Christian claps his hands twice. "PHILOMENA! COME HERE!" Suddenly, a bright light flies down from upstairs and lands on Christian's outstretched arm. Philomena started preening her feathers as she waited for a command. "Philomena, go fly circles around Luna's head!" The fiery bird complies and starts zipping around Luna's head. She flies so close, her hair almost catches on fire. Causing Luna to freak out and follow the flaming bird as it darts around her head.
"Stop her Christian! She's making me *hiccup* dizzy." Luna started feeling light headed and nauseous. Celestia was astounded at this little trick.
"Impressive." Celestia comments.
Christian smirks. "Alright, I think I've made my point Philomena, go fly back upstairs." Philomena nods and flies back up to Celestia's room. Luna collapses moments later, her eyes spinning around wildly. "See? Told you."
"WHAT?!"
"I must say Christian, this is rather fascinating. Your new communication with animals could benefit Earth and Equestria. Keep an eye on this new ability of yours and see if anything changes. This could be permanent or temporary."
"Pfft, let's hope it's permanent then."
Celestia giggles. I guess this was Christian's way of saying: "Hey, I almost died today, but now that I can talk to animals, I'm fine with it!" Suddenly, a familiar beeping is heard. Christian looks at his watch and jumps at what he sees.
"Oh shoot! It's 7:30! I've gotta go! I'm supposed to be home! Come on Vague! Let's go!" He runs for the door in a flash.
"WHAT?!"
Christian looks back in aggravation. Vague still couldn't hear? Granted he was two feet away when he had his outburst. "Oh, for the love of cupcakes!" Christian grabs Vague and drags him back to Earth. Celestia and Luna look at each other.
"So...What just happened?"
"Well, Christian made you dizzy and can now apparently talk to animals...Today has been quite eventful. I'll inform The Six tomorrow of Christian's new ability. They ought to find this interesting and exciting!" Celestia moves her current papers and starts writing a fresh letter to Twilight. "She'll most likely not respond until morning, but I might as well start writing now!" Luna ignores her sister and goes back upstairs. Today has been eventful indeed...If she only knew what the heck happened.